Judas 1:17

17 Mas vosotros, amados, tened memoria de las palabras que antes han sido dichas por los apóstoles de nuestro Señor, Jesucristo

Judas 1:17 Meaning and Commentary

Jude 1:17

But, beloved
Or "my beloved", as the Syriac and Arabic versions read; or "our brethren", as the Ethiopic version; the apostle addresses the saints in this manner, to distinguish them from the false teachers, and to show that he had a different opinion of them from them; and that be would have them beware of them, and not be surprised at them, since it was no other than what was foretold; and also to engage their attention and regard to the following exhortation:

remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of
our Lord Jesus Christ;
these words mean not the doctrines of the apostles in general, but particularly the prophecies delivered out by them, as by the Apostles Paul and Peter, concerning the false teachers that should arise; and these being spoken of before, and by apostles, even by the apostles, of our Lord Jesus Christ, were worthy of regard, and deserved to be remembered; a remembrance of which is a preservative from error, and a relief in the worst of times, whether of persecution, or heresy. This does not suppose that Jude was not an apostle, only that there were other apostles besides him; and that these, some of them at least, had prophesied of these men, and that he had lived to see their predictions verified; nor does he exclude himself from being one of them; yea, the Ethiopic version reads, "which we the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ have formerly declared unto you"; see ( 2 Peter 3:2 ) .

Judas 1:17 In-Context

15 a hacer juicio sobre todos, y a convencer a todos los impíos de entre ellos de todas sus malas obras que han hecho infielmente, y de todas las palabras duras que los pecadores infieles han hablado contra él

16 Estos son murmuradores, quere-llosos, andando según sus deseos; y su boca habla cosas soberbias, teniendo en admiración las personas por causa del provecho

17 Mas vosotros, amados, tened memoria de las palabras que antes han sido dichas por los apóstoles de nuestro Señor, Jesucristo

18 como os decían: Que en el postrer tiempo habría burladores, que andarían según sus malvados deseos

19 Estos son los que hacen divisiones, son como animales, no teniendo el Espíritu